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NY Slides to 21st for Tobacco-Fighting Efforts
December 6, 2012
Report Shows State’s Status as Leader Decline
Statement from Blair Horner, Vice President for Advocacy, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network of NY & NJ re: report ranking NY 21st for tobacco control program funding.
“New York’s slide continues and sadly, it’s not surprising. Over the past few years, funding for the state’s tobacco prevention program has been cut by more than half. That means fewer smokers can get the help they need to quit and more kids are trying their first cigarette.
‘A Broken Promise to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 14 Years Later,’ released today by the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights, ranks New York as 21st. At one time, New York ranked as high as 5th in the country for funding tobacco-fighting efforts.
New York reaps more than $2 billion in revenue from tobacco, but spends little to help smokers quit and keep kids from trying tobacco. The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network urges Gov. Cuomo to consider New York’s declining rank as he prepares his 2013-2014 Executive Budget and allocate additional funding for the state’s tobacco control program.”
To get a copy of the report, visit tobaccofreekids.org.
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